Transformation of Higher Education In Electronic Environment: The Sample of Digital Higher Education Project

Aksaraylı M. F.

Digitalization and Future of Digital Society, Prof. Dr. Suat KOLUKIRIK, Editör, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., Berlin, ss.357-365, 2021

  • Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Yayınevi: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Berlin
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.357-365
  • Editörler: Prof. Dr. Suat KOLUKIRIK, Editör
  • Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The development of internet and mobile technologies affects the education and training of the university and necessitates its transformation and differentiation. According to today’s understanding what is technological and digital is quality. Essentially, the concept of quality is closely linked to valuing people, innovation, continuous change, development, and renewal. At this point, the adoption of a quality-oriented approach by universities will move these institutions to a more advantageous and reputable position in the future.

The quality expectation of higher education students includes many concrete and abstract elements, including courses, teaching tools and materials, campus, dining hall, library and information centers, means of transport, knowledge and attitudes of academic and administrative staff, and technologies used. How these elements are perceived by students reveals the quality of service in higher education.

With the developing technology and widespread internet, face-to-face education, which is in the center of universities, is replaced by distance education, online courses, and mobile learning. However, this digitalization in higher education has not only been limited to teaching models but has also made necessary the use of information systems and stakeholders to provide information online in business processes in some universities (Tosyalı, 2019: 172). Therefore, the expansion of the range of services and determination of the aspects that integrate with digitalization have become very important issues to be investigated in the field.

This study is prepared based on The Council of Higher Education of Turkey’s (YÖK) quality-oriented Digital Transformation Project. It aims to be a guide for young universities in Turkey to create quality awareness in technology-based service delivery. The digitization process in higher education has been discussed on the quality axis.